Saturday, December 17, 2011Settlement Guard Mildly Injured In Stabbing AttackIMEMC - Israeli sources reported Saturday that a settlement guard, working at the Ma'aleh Adumim settlement, east of occupied East Jerusalem, suffered mild injuries after being stabbed. ...

Obama assures Jewish Conference: US support for Israel is ‘unshakeable’IMEMC - In a speech given to the Conference of Reform Jews in the US on Friday, President Barack Obama assured the audience that his administration was doing more than any previous administration in US history to serve the cause of Israel, and that US support for the Jewish state is ‘unshakeable’. ...

Israeli navy fire injures Gaza fisherman12/17/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli naval ships opened fire on a Palestinian fishing boat off the Gaza coast on Friday, injuring a 45-year-old fisherman, medics said. Gaza medical official Adham Abu Salmiya said the man was taken to Shifa hospital in Gaza City with moderate injuries to his legs. An Israeli army spokeswoman....

Report: Diplomat wife dies after forced to renew Jerusalem permit12/17/2011 - LONDON (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities forced the wife of the Palestinian ambassador to the UK to return to Jerusalem to renew her residency status during chemotherapy treatment, British media reported on Friday. Samira Hassassian died in August aged 57 after she contracted a virus on the return flight to the UK in the midst....

Palestinian citizens of Israel protest mosque ban12/17/2011 - TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Hundreds of Palestinian citizens of Israel took to the streets on Saturday to protest against a bill to ban the use of loudspeakers in mosques. Protesters in Nazareth, Jaffa, Umm al-Fahm and other cities held signs reading "a democratic state doesn't attack freedom of religion," and other....

Security guard stabbed at Maale Adumim settlement12/17/2011 - TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- A young man stabbed a security guard on Saturday at the illegal Maale Adumim settlement east of Jerusalem. Israeli police said that a man approached the guard speaking in Arabic before pulling out a knife and stabbing him, Haaretz reported. The guard suffered light injuries to his neck and....

Israeli forces detain senior Islamic Jihad leader in Jenin12/17/2011 - JENIN (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained a senior Islamic Jihad leader in the West Bank in a raid on the northern city of Jenin early Saturday, officials said. Soldiers ransacked the home of Sheikh Khader Adnan in Arraba village and took him to an unknown destination, security officials said. Sheikh Adnan has been detained....

Tahrir 'changed everything' for Gaza crossing12/17/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Egyptian revolution has opened a new chapter for Gazans wishing to travel out of the blockaded strip, crossings officials say. The southern Rafah crossing to Egypt -- the only exit point for Palestinians that is not closed by Israel's blockade -- is unrecognizable from its dire past while Hosni....

Fatah members condemn settler arson attack12/17/2011 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Fatah central committee members Tawfiq al-Tirawi and Sultan Abu al-Einen on Friday condemned a recent arson attack against a Ramallah mosque. The Fatah members called the settler attack on al-Nour Mosque in Burqa a violation against religious sites. Both officials were attending prayers at the mosque on Friday. Jewish extremists on....

Qalqiliya teacher unpaid for 'political reasons'12/17/2011 - QALQILIYA (Ma'an) -- A schoolteacher in the West Bank says she has been working for nearly four years without a salary after the PA ministry of finance suspended payments for alleged political reasons. Hadiyya Daoud said she first discovered her salary had not been paid to her bank in 2008, four years after she....

Obama defends Israel policy to US Jews12/17/2011 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US President Barack Obama assured Jewish voters on Friday he remains committed to Israel's security and a two-state solution as he defended himself against attacks on his policy from Republican presidential challengers. Obama, who has been criticized by Republicans and some in the American Jewish community for being too tough on....

4 Gaza workers injured in construction accident12/17/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Four men sustained injuries on Saturday after the roof of a mosque they were constructing in the southern Gaza Strip collapsed on them. Gaza medical official Adham Abu Salmiya said firefighters and civil defense teams arrived at the site of the accident in the al-Salam neighborhood in Rafah and dragged....

Hebron custom officials seize thousands of chickens12/17/2011 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Palestinian custom officials seized 2,700 chickens on Saturday from a Hebron village, saying they were imported without a permit. Director of the customs service in Hebron Fadi Abu al-Qarn told Ma'an that officers stopped a truck carrying the birds in al-Dhahiriya. The chickens did not have a permit from....

Fatah youth appoints new student deputy12/17/2011 - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Fatah youth movement in the Gaza Strip said Saturday that it is reforming its leadership structure. The group stated that Asad Obaid has been appointed as deputy of the student secretariat. Obaid was previously director of the student assembly at Al-Aqsa university in Gaza. The group said in a statement....

Troops assault Egypt protesters, clashes kill 912/17/2011 - CAIRO (Reuters) -- Soldiers beat demonstrators with batons in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday in a second day of clashes that have killed nine people and wounded more than 300, marring the first free election most Egyptians can remember. Protesters fled into side streets to escape the troops in riot gear, who grabbed people....

Egyptian army torches tents in Tahrir Square12/17/2011 - CAIRO (Ma'an) -- Egypt's military moved into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday and set fire to protest tents, after eight demonstrators were killed in a resurgence of violence linked to the country's elections....

Arabs may ask Security Council to adopt Syria plan12/17/2011 - DOHA (Reuters) -- Arab states may ask the UN Security Council to adopt a peace plan aimed at ending a Syrian crackdown on pro-democracy protests, but they will not seek military action, the Qatari foreign minister said Saturday. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said after an Arab ministerial committee meeting in Doha that Arab foreign ministers....

Cradle of Arab spring celebrates first anniversary12/17/2011 - SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia (Reuters) -- Tens of thousands of people packed a provincial town square to celebrate the first anniversary Saturday of Tunisia's democratic revolution in the place where it began, unleashing a tide of popular revolt that has transformed the Arab world. The festive mood in Sidi Bouzid was tempered somewhat, however, by....

In photos: Soldiers assault Cairo protesters12/17/2011 - Reuters / Stringer - Soldiers beat demonstrators with batons in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday in a second day of clashes that have killed nine people and wounded more than 300, marring the first free election most Egyptians can remember, on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011....

Op Ed: The Significant OthersPNN - by Mitri MuslehAccording to Israeli news, the Israeli population reached 7,282,000 at a time when Israel celebrated its 60th birthday. However, the significance that lies behind such figure is the number of...

2 Palestinians arrested in Nabi Saleh still in jail for resisting occupation12/17/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - 17 December 2011, Chroniques de Palestine - In a blatant demonstration of the discriminatory policies used by the Israeli authorities when it comes to deal with protesters; out of the 21 persons who were arrested during the demonstration in Nabi Saleh on 16. 12. 2011, all the Israeli and internationals were released while two Palestinians are.... Related: Chroniques de Palestine

Creating tension to expel JewsJerusalem Post 17 Dec 2011 - The confrontations between right-wing young people and the IDF are disturbing indeed, but those who condemn ‘the settlers’ are willingly ignoring half the story.

My Word: Unsettling violenceJerusalem Post 17 Dec 2011 - Jewish extremists might be a fringe element but that does not make them less dangerous.

Obama and IranJerusalem Post 17 Dec 2011 - Whatever misgivings exist in Washington, they need to be discussed with Israel in private and not aired in a manner that engenders glee in Tehran.

Twenty-four hours in LondonJerusalem Post 17 Dec 2011 - A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the most complete display of Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings isn’t the only reason to visit London town.

Show me a storyJerusalem Post 17 Dec 2011 - Set designer David Sharir says that ever since he was a child, he has had a passion for the theater. This comes through in a new documentary being screened about him at the J'lem Jewish Film Festival.

Barkat proposes dividing JerusalemJerusalem Post 17 Dec 2011 - In speech at National Defense College last week, mayor suggested a 'land swap' between Jerusalem land outside of the security barrier.

'Abbas is Fatah's only presidential candidate'Jerusalem Post 17 Dec 2011 - Fatah leaders in West Bank appeal to Abbas to run for another term; "Abbas is the only one that can beat Hamas," senior Fatah officials says; Hamas, Fatah, to hold talks in Cairo to discuss reconciliation agreements.

U.S.: Hundreds Rally in Support of Accused WikiLeaks SourceIPS Hundreds of people gathered today outside a U.S. military base where evidence against Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified information to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, is being presented before a military judge for the first time since Manning's arrest.

[uruknet.info] A New IraqUruknet December 17, 2011 - The New Iraq is a pathetic non entity of a nothing...a mediocre product of a new world order...a country that can't tell what is what, who is who, which is which...a country where every moron becomes a spokesman for something he understands nothing about...and behind all this facade of verbal diarrhea, the...

[uruknet.info] Hospital staff: Israeli troops kill man in Gaza StripUruknet December 17, 2011 -- Israeli troops killed a Palestinian and wounded two in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, hospital officials said. Palestinian medical officials said 35-year-old Majid Nabaheen was seriously injured east of Al-Bureij refugee camp and died in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah. Locals described Nabaheen as standing near his home in the...

[uruknet.info] Return to Sorman Anatomy of a NATO War CrimeUruknet December 16, 2011 - ....In the early hours of June 20, 2011 it was dark in Sorman except for some muted half-moon light. A few dim street lights and some partially illumined homes provided some light as residents began to rise and prepare for the Al Fajr ("Dawn") prayers. At the homestead of Khaled K. El-Hamedi,...

[uruknet.info] Obama, Congress back legalization of a police stateUruknet December 16, 2011 - The Senate's 86-to-13 vote in favor of the legislation followed its approval in the House of Representatives Wednesday. It also came after the announcement by the White House that President Barack Obama would not exercise his power to veto the measure, which is included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a $...

[uruknet.info] Military Resistance: 9L12 Hidden HistoryUruknet December 16, 2011 - The Christmas Truce, which occurred primarily between the British and German soldiers along the Western Front in December 1914, is an event the official histories of the Great War leave out, and the Orwellian historians hide from the public. Stanley Weintraub has broken through this barrier of silence and written a moving...

[uruknet.info] Syria News - December 16, 2011 (Warning: Graphic Videos) Uruknet December 16, 2011 : The number of martyrs who fell today from being shot by security and regime's army rose to 23 martyrs among them are 4 children and 4 women, 9 martyrs in Homs, 5 martyrs in Hama, 4 martyrs in Daraa ,2 martyrs Damascus Suburbs and one martyr each in both of Deir Ezzor and...

[uruknet.info] Mornings in PalestineUruknet December 16, 2011 - I've been waking up by 7 or earlier lately, mostly because I've had a number of early morning appointments in Gaza City but also because if I wake before the power cuts I can charge the laptop whose battery, like all my laptops, is almost useless. Most mornings are quiet, just bird...

[uruknet.info] Banker Occupation and EuropainUruknet December 16, 2011 -Bankers rule the world. A new Swiss Federal Institute of Technology study says so. Written by Stefania Vitali, James Glattfelder and Stefano Battiston, it's titled "The network of global corporate control," saying: "We find that transnational corporations from a giant bow-tie structure and that a large portion of control flows to a small...

[uruknet.info] Israel gangs up on PalestiniansUruknet December 16, 2011 - Taking advantage of the ongoing turbulence in the Arab world, the proximity of the US presidential elections, and the international community's manifest powerlessness to check aggressive Israeli unilateralism, the Israeli government has been stepping up hostile measures against the largely unprotected Palestinian community. The measures, which include the seizure of a large...

[uruknet.info] Sketch by Carlos Latuff ( Carlos Latuff )Uruknet December 16, 2011 - As the second stage of the prisoner swap deal begins, Israel is escalating its violations of the simplest rights of the Palestinian political prisoners still behind bars and exercising more violence against them. A statement I have heard repeatedly from all my friends who are former prisoners, every time I have asked...

[uruknet.info] On Quathafi Killing, Who Is ICC's Luis Moreno Ocampo Fooling?Uruknet The professionally and morally discredited out-going International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor now says the lynching of Libya's leader Muammar al-Quathafi "creates suspicions" of of war crimes. This Luis Moreno Ocampo of Argentina is truly something out of this world. His conduct with respect to Libya was so deplorable that he deserves to be banned from...

[uruknet.info] Obama Approves Draconian Police State LawUruknet December 16, 2011 - Obama supports draconian FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act provisions. Justification given is national security and war on terror hokum. Henceforth, anyone anywhere, including US citizens, may be indefinitely held without charge or trial, based solely on suspicions, spurious allegations or none at all. No reasonable proof is needed, just suspicions that...

[uruknet.info] Palestinian fisherman wounded by occupation navyUruknet December 16, 2011-- A Palestinian fisherman was wounded on Friday afternoon by bullets fired from an Israeli occupation gunboat while fishing at sea within the three mile limit imposed by occupation. Spokesman for the emergency services, Adham Abu Selmeyya, told PIC that the 45-year-old fisherman had a bullet wound to each of his feet as a...

[uruknet.info] Hebron settlers 'attack Palestinians' after funeralUruknet December 16, 2011 - Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians on Friday in central Hebron after they had finished burying a settler and his wife in the nearby cemetery, after they died after under unrelated circumstances. Issa Amr, of the Youth Against Settlements movement, said the attacks concentrated on specific families in a message that the settlers can...

WTO ends meeting with no move forward on DohaDaily Star 18 Dec 2011 The World Trade Organization closed its biennial ministerial conference on Saturday with its chairman citing an improved atmosphere in the 153-member club but no concrete moves forward on the Doha round of world trade talks

Death toll in Philippine floods rises to 436Daily Star 17 Dec 2011 Pounding rain from a tropical storm swelled rivers and sent walls of water crushing into two southern Philippine cities in the thick of night, killing at least 436 people, many caught in their beds.

Key Iraq bloc to boycott parliament as U.S. quitsDaily Star 17 Dec 2011 Secular Iraqiya bloc, which won most of the votes of Iraq's disenchanted Sunni Arab minority, walks out of Parliament, sparking a political crisis days after U.S. forces ended their mission.

Turkey attacks France over genocide billDaily Star 17 Dec 2011 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply criticizes France for plans to make it a crime to deny that a mass killing of Armenians at the time of World War I was genocide.

Missing AUB student found in northDaily Star 17 Dec 2011 A 19-year-old student from the American University of Beirut who went missing Thursday evening was found early Saturday morning in the northern city of Halba through police tracing her cellphone.

Woman faints at eatery; army chief to the rescueYNet News, 17 Dec 2011 - Quick response from IDF's top gun: IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and his security detail administered first aid to a woman who fainted at a Raanana restaurant Friday ... ....

Abbas: Hamas agreed to renounce terrorYNet News, 17 Dec 2011 - Fatah and Hamas agreed that future Palestinian resistance to Israel will utilize popular and peaceful means, rather than military moves, Palestinian President Mahmoud ... ....

Video: Israeli-Italian aerial drillYNet News, 17 Dec 2011 - The IDF says that a joint Israeli-Italian aerial drill held this week in southern Israel was not meant to simulate a potential strike against Iran. Against the ... ....

The Jewish war on Islam in Palestine PIC - Palestinians themselves must not entrust the task of protecting mosques to Israel. The PA must deploy armed guards in the vicinity of mosques in order to protect them from Jewish terror.

Anatomy of a NATO War CrimeIntifada-Palestine: 17 Dec 2011 - by FRANKLIN LAMB / Al-Manar Sorman, Libya It was a warm early Monday morning along the Libyan coast on June 20, 2011. At approximately 0200 GMT the next day in NATO Headquarters in Brussels and 30 minutes later in its media... more

West Bank Village Steps up Protests Against Israel’s Theft of LandIntifada-Palestine: 17 Dec 2011 - Palestinians in Kufr Qaddoum demand access to their farmland, October 2011.(Wagdi Eshtayah / APA images ) Ben Lorber The Electronic Intifada For approximately five months, the residents of Kufr Qaddoum have united to demonstrate against the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim and... more

Syrian refugees give firsthand account of slide into bloodshedLA Times 17 Dec 2011 - Armed forces raided villages, detaining people and later returning bodies, say Sunni families sheltering in northern Lebanon, some of whom recognized Alawite neighbors among the militiamen. In a rocky valley at the northern tip of Lebanon, three generations of a Syrian farming family cluster around...

Scores of Unintended Casualties in NATO War in LibyaNew York Times 17 Dec 2011 - NATO airstrikes killed and wounded dozens of civilians at sites in Libya examined by The New York Times, but NATO has largely refused to acknowledge or investigate the casualties.

Mainstream press sniggers at Ron Paul’s antiwar messageMondoweiss - Ron Paul Last night I heard several more mainstream voices trashing Ron Paul for his spectacular anti-war comments in Iowa the other night--when he said the runup to war with Iran was reckless and could lead to another million dead, and Iran has good reason to...

Is portrait of Mark Zuckerberg in ‘The Social Network’ anti-Semitic?Mondoweiss - Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network We've had a Netflicks DVD of The Social Network hanging around the house for months. My wife watched it ages ago, by herself, but because I'm so dependent, I've been pressing her to watch it again, with...

Time Magazine says 2011 was the year of the Protester. We agree!Mondoweiss - Palestinian from Al-Walaja protests the wall. (Photo: Anne Paq/Active Stills) The latest issue of Time Magazine honored this year's "person of the year." The protester! With particular attention to Occupy Oakland, Egypt, and even the Tea Party, Time detailed some of the major acts of dissidence...

More funding for Jewish museums in the West BankMondoweiss - link to www.guardian.co.uk link to www.csmonitor.com link to www.imemc.org link to www.jordanvalleysolidarity.org link to www.palestinemonitor.org link to sheikhjarrah.blogspot.com link to www.haaretz.com link to www.palestinechronicle.com link to www.haaretz.com link to www.haaretz.com link to www.ynetnews.com link to www.theglobeandmail.com link to gulfnews.com link to english.wafa.ps link to palsolidarity.org link...

Settler Terror: Aberration or National Vanguard?Tikun Olam - The level of settler violence, always high, has reached a fever pitch of late. Usually the attacks go by the common name “price tag,” which alludes to a form of payback against the government for dismantling illegal settlements. Though lately, the attacks seem to have taken...

Will Russia let the United States start a war in mid-January? Voltaire Network 16 Dec 2011 - The Western media has showcased the latest report from Human Rights Watch, "By All Means Necessary!", wherein it is alleged that crimes against humanity were committed under the authority of President Bashar al-Assad. At no time does the press inquire about the identity of the authors...

Is Syria really so isolated? Voltaire Network 15 Dec 2011 - The international press has been harping on the Sakharov Prize recently awarded by the European Parliament to Arab spring activists, including a Syrian woman. To underscore its message, the Parliament made the announcement on the anniversary date of the Tunisian uprising. This commemoration constitutes an opportunity...

Iraq 'positive' after Syria talks BBC 17 Dec 2011 - An Iraqi delegation led by National Security adviser Falah al-Fayadh says it has held "positive" talks in Syria aimed at ending the violence there.

Pentagon boss praises new Libya BBC 17 Dec 2011 - US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta expresses confidence in Libya's new government on a visit to Tripoli, as the UN lifts sanctions on the country's central bank.

The Jews Go To War (With Themselves) Sabbah report 17 Dec 2011 - The settlers don't give a damn about international opinion - no more than does al-Qaeda, to which they have an unsavory resemblance. Led "by fundamentalist religious leaders who do not recognize the state of Israel and its laws," they are driven by religious fanaticism and have...

Newt Gingrich: ignoramus, cheat, cynic or all three? Sabbah report 17 Dec 2011 - Uri Avnery views Newt Gingrich's parroting of the old Zionist propaganda line that there is no such a thing as a Palestinian people – a line now discarded by most Zionists – and argues that the US Republican presidential aspirant is not only being provocative, but...

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